Plioviverrops
Plioviverrops Temporal range:
Middle Pleistocene[citation needed ] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Hyaenidae |
Genus: | †Plioviverrops Kretzoi, 1938 |
Synonyms | |
Jourdanictis |
Plioviverrops is an extinct
mya) existing for approximately 6.3 million years.[1] It was named by Kretzoi in 1938, and assigned to Hyaenidae by Flynn in 1998.[2]
Resources
- ^ PaleoBiology Database: Plioviverrops, basic info
- ^ J. J. Flynn. 1998. Early Cenozoic Carnivora ("Miacoidea"). In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America